A Document Browser Based on a Book-Style Interface with Augmented Reality

We propose a document browsing method based on a book-style interface usable in a normal office environment. Augmented reality (AR) technology is applied to realize an easy-to-use interface. In the proposed method, documents and multi-media contents are projected on a real booklet including an AR marker printed on each page. Users can feel that they are reading a book consisting of document files, presentation files, movies, and images. Furthermore, we utilize the motion sensor Kinect to recognize the users´ gestures. The detected gestures can be used to activate some functions such as picking a page up and placing it in a real work space. In this paper, we describe the proposed book-style interface, its implementation method, and evaluate and discuss the effectiveness of the proposed method.